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September 27, 2016

Panama asks US to extradite ex-leader Martinelli

Panama has formally asked the United States to extradite former President Ricardo Martinelli in connection with a ...

September 27, 2016

Mexico rights body: Army killings of 6 civilians unjustified

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission has determined that soldiers killed six civilians without justification in a 2012 ...

September 26, 2016

People around the world react to first Trump-Clinton debate

Views from around the world on Monday's first U.S. presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald ...

September 26, 2016

Mexico: 6 slain in Pacific coast resort city of Mazatlan

Mexican authorities say they have found the bound, asphyxiated bodies of five men and a woman in the Pacific coast resort ...

September 26, 2016

Catholic Church alleges smear campaign against slain priests

Mexico's Roman Catholic Church on Monday harshly criticized what it called a campaign to smear three priests murdered in less ...

September 26, 2016

Lawyer for Mexico drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman claims torture

A lawyer for Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman said Monday he will argue that his client has been the victim of ...

September 25, 2016

Pemex says fire put out on tanker off Mexico's Gulf coast

A fire on a tanker carrying gasoline and diesel off Mexico's Gulf coast was put out Sunday, a day after the blaze began, the ...

September 25, 2016

Mexico sees surge of migrants from Haiti, Africa and Asia

Mexican immigration authorities said Saturday they have been hit by a surge of almost 5,000 Haitian, African and Asian ...

September 25, 2016

Tens of thousands march against same-sex marriage in Mexico

Tens of thousands of people marched through Mexico City on Saturday in opposition to President Enrique Pena Nieto's push to ...

September 24, 2016

Priests' murders rattle Mexican city gripped by violence

In this eastern Mexican oil town already weary of rising gangland violence and extortion, the abduction and murder of two ...

September 22, 2016

US toughens stance on Haitians seeking entry at border

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Thursday that it was widening efforts to deport Haitians, a response to ...

September 21, 2016

Mexico's 'King of Ranchera' records ballad backing Clinton

Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez is lending his voice to support Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton ...

September 21, 2016

Mexican police: Van with cannon used to shoot drugs to US

Drug smugglers employ very creative methods to get their loads across the U.S.-Mexico border. But it's not every day they use ...

September 20, 2016

Mexico closes 7 sawmills in monarch butterfly reserve

Mexican environmental authorities say they have closed seven sawmills operating illegally in the forest reserve that serves ...

September 19, 2016

Analysts cite Clinton's illness in new plunge by Mexico peso

Economists have long said that when the United States catches a cold, Mexico gets pneumonia. But analysts said Monday that ...

September 14, 2016

2 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at Mexican prosecutor's office

Mexican authorities say a man has opened fire at a prosecutor's office in the western state of Jalisco, killing a woman and ...

September 14, 2016

Ford confirms small car production moving from US to Mexico

Ford Motor Co. says it's moving all of its U.S. small car production to Mexico. Ford CEO Mark Fields confirmed the ...

September 14, 2016

Ford expects lower profit in 2017

Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that a plan to embrace "mobility" and spend billions on electric and autonomous vehicles will ...

September 13, 2016

Mexico arrests wife of jailed drug lord Hector Beltran Leyva

Federal police on Tuesday announced the detention of jailed drug lord Hector Beltran Leyva's wife and said their criminal ...